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Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by DC. The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams for $2.99 Rogue Protocol: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells for $2.99 You Can’t Touch My Hair by Phoebe Robinson for $1.99 Golden Poppies by Laila Ibrahim for $1.99 Dirt by Bill Buford for $3.99 Giving Up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel for $2.99 Frankly in Love by David Yoon for $1.99 Dear Martin by Nic Stone for $1....

These Toxic Things by Rachel Howzell Hall for $4.99 Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown for $2.99 The Book of Lost Saints by Daniel Jose Older for $2.99 Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn for $2.99 The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley for $2.99 Snowdrift by Helene Tursten for $1.99 Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee for $1.99 The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person by Frederick Joseph for $1....

Today’s edition of Mystery Daily Deals is sponsored by Flatiron Books, publisher of Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak. 

Today’s edition of Romance Daily Deals is sponsored by Rising Action Publishing Co.

Today’s edition of SFF Daily Deals is sponsored by Get Underlined. 

Today’s edition of SFF Daily Deals is sponsored by TorDotCom Publishing. 

Today’s edition of SFF Daily Deals is sponsored by St. Martin’s Press.

But what appears to be an objective measure of a book’s content, mirrored after movie ratings, is anything but. It is a tool developed by Moms For Liberty being used to push their agendas even further under the guise of protecting children. BookLooks, which launched in early 2022, says their mission is to “write and collect detailed and easy to understand book content reviews centered around objectionable content, including: profanity, nudity, and sexual content....

Although there are many books that pull this off, I thought I’d highlight some more recent favorites that follow particular characters (rather than generations of a family) over a long period of time. These stories range in time period and genre, although most tend to fall into the historical fiction category. Almost all are tearjerkers, so make sure you have some tissues handy! Want more epic books that cover a large swathe of time?...

Rabbits is a mysterious game in which participants seek out connections and odd anomalies in the world around them, following where they lead. But it appears that the latest iteration of the game has gone haywire, with players disappearing and some of them turning up dead. But how? And why? And could it possibly mean the end of the world? One game obsessive, who seems to be suffering from blackouts, is determined to find out....

–– Marisa: Let’s get this out of the way: we both loved this novel. This will probably be the most boring Boy vs. Girl ever, as we both agreed You Are One of Them was fantastic. Would you put this in your top five for the year so far? Your top 25 of all time, even? Casey: Yes. This book. THIS BOOK. I want to use Russian profanities to emphasize how much I enjoyed it, but the profanities are really dirty, and we’re a family friendly program....

What is the National Simultaneous Storytime? Every year, the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) chooses a picture book to be read simultaneously in libraries, schools, preschools, childcare centres, homes, bookshops, and even playgrounds—anywhere! The picture book is always written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator. Every choice is based on key learning areas of the National Curriculum for Foundation to Year 6 (completion of primary school in Australia)....

As I’m sure the majority of you can relate to, I spent most of the ’90s with my nose in a book. My childhood was a series of trips to the library, hefting home a backpack filled to the brim with my finds. I’d spend all night making my way through a stack of Animal Ark books and Horrible Histories titles. I counted down the days until the next Scholastic book fair, when I would be overwhelmed with possibilities....

Independent Bookstore Day 2020 has been rescheduled from April to August 29 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but if you’re still social distancing, don’t worry: there are plenty of ways to celebrate virtually. In fact, you might even find that shopping from home opens up a world of possibilities for finding, supporting, and interacting with indie bookstores you might never have known about otherwise. So, grab your laptop and TBR list and get ready for an unforgettable Independent Bookstore Day 2020....

This time it’s Marvel, with a one-two punch of firing fan-favorite writers in truly baffling ways. First there was Chelsea Cain, whose Vision miniseries with Marc Mohan and Aud Koch was cancelled on September 13th, two months before the first issue was supposed to publish, even though the first four (of only six) issues were already completed. Then there was Chuck Wendig. Almost exactly one month later, he tweeted that he’d been abruptly fired from the Star Wars books he’d been writing for Marvel:...

For a couple of years now, my yearly reading goal has been fixed on 50 books. I know that this is a high goal for some, and a very small one for others, but it is the number I feel comfortable with. Between digital, audio, and print, if I read 50 books a year I’m more than happy, and since I usually read more than that, I know I don’t have to stress about the challenge....

After World War III, Earth is in ruins, and the final armies have come to a reluctant truce. Everyone must obey the law—in every way—or risk shattering the fragile peace and endangering the entire human race. Although Arika Cobane is a member of the race whose backbreaking labor provides food for the remnants of humanity, she is destined to become a member of the Kongo elite. After ten grueling years of training, she is on the threshold of taking her place of privilege far from the fields....

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably been following the ups and downs (mostly downs) of Netflix’s fall from grace, beginning with the announcement that it was increasing prices. That price increase still stands, even though the company is reneging on the company split. I knew when Netflix upped the price that it was a long time coming, that the service it provided to the number of customers it served wouldn’t be quite so cheap as the studios figured out how much moola they were missing out on by not renegotiating their streaming contracts....